Nonny wrote:
"Upscale" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:56:14 -0500, "HeyBub"

wrote:

It's possible to do both...

In the Canadian system, not with any real benefit. Once one
reaches a
basic level of taxation by working, social assistance
evaporates. In
other words, social assistance is supposed to help you until you
get
back on your feet and then you're on your own.

We have 3-5 generations now living on that.

Some of the evacuees from Katrina ended up in places like Salt Lake City,
Billings, Omaha, and were amazed. A common refrain was "You means all I has
to do is stand behind the counter and make Slurpees? And I gets PAID for
that? Damn, that's cool!"

And the chain linking five generations of poverty was broken.

For many of the others, who landed in Houston for example, the refrain was:
"Whatchew mean I can't be moseyin' thru my 'hood with a malt and a toke? I
could back home!"

Welcome to the Grey Bar Hotel.